All interstellar ice articles
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ResearchInterstellar ices could have been the nursery for building blocks of life
Modelling conditions thought to exist between the stars led to formation of amino acid precursors
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NewsSearching for the chemistry of life on exoplanets
The protoplanetary discs that surround young stars and give birth to planets are chemical labs that can reveal which planets might host life
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ResearchBuilding blocks of life made in space ice simulations
Complex sugars – including the ‘backbone’ of RNA – have been created in lab-made interstellar ice
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ResearchSpace-like conditions give rise to metabolic precursors
Study suggests that vitamin B3 and quinolinic acid could have originated in interstellar ices